Expertise Nuclear Energy
Ross Matzkin-Bridger serves as a senior director for NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security Program. In this role, he works at the nexus of energy and security, leading efforts to promote responsible nuclear energy deployment, strengthen nonproliferation norms, and encourage smart solutions for nuclear waste. He is also a senior advisor at the Nuclear Scaling Initiative, NTI’s collaborative effort with Clean Air Task Force and the EFI Foundation to encourage safe, rapid nuclear energy development around the world.
Prior to joining NTI, Matzkin-Bridger served in several positions in the U.S. Government, including senior advisor for international affairs at the Department of Energy from 2021–2022, energy attaché at U.S. Embassy Tokyo from 2016–2021, and various roles at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Before his career in government, Matzkin-Bridger worked for the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and was the coordinator for international relations for the City of Koka in western Japan. He holds an M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Asian Studies and Japanese Language from the George Washington University.
Novel and increasingly intense global crises, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are stressing nuclear facilities in new ways. Governments and international institutions should take steps to ensure that facilities are prepared to withstand these crises.
“The bottom line is that the countries and areas with the greatest responsibility for protecting the world from a catastrophic act of nuclear terrorism are derelict in their duty,” the 2023 NTI Index reports.
One of the most consequential decisions countries will face is whether to take a costly detour into nuclear fuel reprocessing, a technology that has failed every promise it has made.
Three of NTI’s staff members have spent significant time in Japan, where their experiences have influenced their engagement in the nuclear field, often in unexpected ways. In this post, they share their deeply personal reflections on what the commemoration of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki means to them.
"Far from being a burden to new nuclear energy projects, following common-sense security norms can actually help catalyze new growth."
Catalyzing a new nuclear energy ecosystem
Building a safer, more secure, and more proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel cycle
Past Project Generating new solutions for spent fuel waste management and addressing broader fuel cycle concerns
Building a framework for assurance, accountability, and action
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